as a hockey player this blows me away. that you can take a whole windup and whack someone as hard as you want legally. and these dudes have way less gear than we do. this sport has my respect
having played a good amount of hockey I can tell you they both hurt but hockey slashes (if they miss your pads) are definitely worst. difference is you get slashed 10-20 times a game as an attackman in lacrosse.
I remember that last year, I was using a crappy stick and I hit a kid so hard with a slap check that I bent my stick at like a 30 degree angle. I still keep it as a trophy in my room.
To any new players/viewers watching this video. Watch some of Tucker Durkins highlights. He's not hitting this guy anywhere close to how hard he normally does.
As a former O Middie who drew the LSM a lot, thats whole point. Slapping my free hand does nothing and makes it easier for me to run by you if I time your check
Since the composite shaft is hollow, I’d be interested to see some stats on how hard that slap check would be using a 6’ long traditional wood stick. Also, wood sticks should be allowed in the pro game.
You can cross check in pretty much any league as long as it’s not high or the hands are not super far apart. Refs realize it’s pretty much impossible to play solid D without cross checking.
You can cross check but it's limited by equal force. If you are trying to push through them, you can't use any bar otherwise you will be called. But if you run with them and apply pressure with the bar. That's fine, it's called equal pressure
